Caravan Parking

I am not too sure that the "Camps" books tell you were to park if you are just passing thru and looking for somewhere to park while you do your shopping.
Many towns fail to provide parking bays for the folks pulling vans or boats for that matter. For short term parking
Some time ago I wrote to our local shire office in Mandurah WA about the lack of facilities so visitors could restock and was told in their reply that "visitors should stock up before they get to town"
As Gone Bush will testify they leave" just a bit to be desired"
RodnEls

Hi RodnEls

Some towns are just not tourist orientated or RV friendly.

Hi Cookie & Di

The CMCA has an RV friendly town programme, and for towns that comply, parking is part of the equation:http://www.cmca.net.au/pages/motorhoming_information/cmca_schemes/rv_friendly/RVFriendlyTowns1.php

Many other towns have well signed caravan parking, and dedicated caravan and large motor home parking areas close to the CBD. If they don't, we drive on through and shop somewhere that welcomes our custom.

In large suburban supermarket type shopping centre car parks, there are often vacant areas on the perimeter (as people tend to park closer to shops) and we can run through several adjacent parking bays (our rig is long).

In my own town, i am bashing my head against a brick wall to get the local Council to do anything for caravanners, but i can direct travellers to centrally located and roomy parking suited to caravans, even though Council have not erected signage.

Motherhen

hi
last jan/09 when i was in albany there was some rv and caravan bays near the tourist center
below the town near the port entrance off york st and a couple of cheeky ones we noticed even stayed over night in those bays
hope this helps
cheers